Combined button and watch-chain attachment.



T. CAMERON.

COMBINED BUTTON AND WATCH CHAIN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.4. 1914.

1,134,372., r Pa entedApr. 6,1915.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS CAMERON, 0F NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

COMBINED BUTTON AND WATCH-CHAIN ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 4, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CAMERON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have inventeda new and useful Combined Button and VVatch-Chain Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a combined watch chain attachment and badge or button.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive device, adapted to be readily applied to fraternity and other emblem buttons, and capable of enabling a coat chain to be connected to such buttons at the back thereof, whereby a fraternity button or other emblem and a coat chain may be worn at the same time.

lVith these and other objects in View the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined button and chain attachment constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the hinged chain attaching ring being folded within the back of the button. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the back of the button, the chain attaching ring being arranged in its extended or operative position.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates a button designed to be worn in the button hole of the lapel of a coat, and composed of a front 2 and a back 3, having a threaded connection with each other to enable them to be readily applied to and removed from a button hole in the ordinary manner. The front 2 of the button is designed to bear any desired emblem, and it is provided with a threaded stem 4 engag- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Serial N 0. 822,491.

ing an interiorly threaded tubular shank 5 of the back of the button. The front of the button is also provided with an inwardly or rearwardly projecting spur 6 adapted to engage the fabric of a garment to prevent the front from turning in the tubular shank. The front and back of the button and the means for detachably connecting the same are of the ordinary construction, the present invention being applied to the back of the button, so that a back 3, equipped with a spring ring 7, or other chain attaching de vice, may be applied to any front member or section of such a button. The chain attaching ring, which is provided with a sliding spring-actuated catch 8, is adapted to receive a coat chain (not shown), to enable such a chain to be connected with the lapel of a coat, and to be worn simultaneously with a fraternity button or similar emblem. l-loretofore, when it was desired to wear a coat chain, a fraternity button had to be laid aside, and vice versa, a coat chain could n01 be used when it was desired to wear a fra ternity button. However, with the presen invention, a coat chain may be used withou laying aside a fraternity button or badge.

The catch 8 extends across an entrance opening 9 at one side of the ring 7. The catch is provided with a projecting periph eral lug 10 having an eye or opening 11 through which passes a pintle 12 of the back of the button. The ring is of less diameter than the back of the button in order to fold within the same, and the projecting lug permits the ring, when folded, to be arranged around the tubular shank in a position substantially concentric therewith. As shown in the drawings, the pintle 12 is an integral portion of the back of the button, and the lug 10, which is split at 13, operates in an opening 14 of the back, and the chain attaching ring is adapted to swing on the pintle to extend it to a position beyond the back of the button, and also to carry it within the back, which is cup-shaped, and adapted to receive the chain attaching ring. When the chain attaching ring is arranged within the recess 15 of the back, it is concentric with the tubular shank of the same, and is out of the way. The chain attaching device may be hinged to the back of the button in any other suitable manner, as will be readily understood, and if desired, various other forms of chain attaching devices may, of course, be employed.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined button and chain attachment including a button adapted to be worn in the button hole of a lapel and composed of a separable front and back, the back of the button being provided at its inner face with a recess, and a chain attaching device of a size to fit within the recess, said chain attaching device being hinged to the back of the button and. arranged to swing to and from the said recess to fold the chain attaching device within the button and to proj ect it therefrom.

2. A combined button and chain attachment including a button adapted to be worn in the button hole of a lapel and composed of aseparable front and back, and a chain attaching ring hinged to the back of the button at the periphery of the same and adapted to swing inwardly and outwardly to arrange it in a projecting position or to fold it against the back. 7

3. A combined button and chain attachment including a separable back having a tubular shank, and a chain attaching ring carried by the said back, one of the parts being provided with a projecting eye and the other having a pintle passing through the eye, whereby the ring is hinged to the back of the button and is adapted to be arranged either in an extended position or in a folded position and the said projecting eye permitting the ring to be arranged substantially concentric with the tubular shank.

4. A combined button and chain attachment including a button having a removable back, and a chain attaching ring hinged to the said back and arranged to swing inwardly and outwardly to and from the inner face of the back to fold the chain attaching device within the button and to project it therefrom.

5. A combined button and chain attachment including, a button adapted to be worn in the button holeof a lapel and composed of a separable front and back, and a chain attaching ring hinged to the button and arranged to fold within the same when the front and back are separated, said ring being retained inits folded position by the front and back of the button when the same are connected together.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS CAMERON. Witnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERS,

V EDITH L. BROWN.

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